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sustaInaBlE FashIon : a handBooK For Educators

what price a living wage?

doug Miller, school of design, university of northumbria, uK
[email protected]

oBjEctIVEs / lEarnIng outcoMEs

• To understand how garments are costed at factory level.


• To consider how a living wage might be achieved in global apparel supply chains.
  
  
  1. Level UG
  
  
  2. Pre-requisite knowledge required by educators C. Some knowledge of discipline required.
  
  
  3. Pre-requisite knowledge required by students C. Some knowledge of discipline required.
  
  
  4. Number of students Any number
  
  
  5. Length of time required Student preparation time: 30-45 minutes internet
     search time. Seminar : 60 minutes
  
  
  6. Type of activity Individual work, Interactive activities, Ideas for projects,
     assignments and briefs, Discussion and debate, Research
     related
  
  
  7. Discipline Business
  
  
  8. Topics covered Companies, Prices, Wages